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they drove all the way from buenos aires in a 1980 vw van. alfredo walker and his wife and their four children took six months to make the trip. they were shocked when they got a call sunday morning saying that the pope wanted to meet them. >> we always imagined that you can be like drinking a coffee with him. so we love him. he inspire us a lot. >> so the couple said their children got to hug the pope a lot. they also, this is so interesting to me, they described meeting him like meeting with an old friend. >> all right. an interesting meeting. we'll see if they'll feel like they're old friends talking about president obama and russian president vladimir putin, they're meeting today over the growing crisis in syria. it will be the first time in nearly a year that the two leaders have met face to face. before that, mr. obama addresses a u.n. general assembly as convenes here in new york city. the president says his remarks may it be more pointed than in years past. >> perhaps because this is now my seventh year of addressing the general assem
they drove all the way from buenos aires in a 1980 vw van. alfredo walker and his wife and their four children took six months to make the trip. they were shocked when they got a call sunday morning saying that the pope wanted to meet them. >> we always imagined that you can be like drinking a coffee with him. so we love him. he inspire us a lot. >> so the couple said their children got to hug the pope a lot. they also, this is so interesting to me, they described meeting him like...
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. >> reporter: with performance and clean emissions which vw touted in commercials. but vw inserted software to shut off the emission controls except during an emission check allowing cars to pollute up to 40% more than allowed making some owners feel guilty and angry. levin is part of one of many class action lawsuits. >> i tried to avoid driving it now as much as i can. i'm not quite sure what i'm going to do with it. i'm not sure who buy it. >> the best advice is to sit tight and wait to hear from volkswagen. >> reporter: owners haven't heard and apparently neither have dealers we visited. the value of the volkswagens involved has gone down in the week since the cheat was revealed. david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> what i find the most troubling some financial experts are saying this crisis could cause more harm to germany's economy than the greek debt crisis. >> oh, very well. because you know, volkswagen's stock is down nearly 40% and other german automakers' stocks are down, as well. we'll see how it plays out. >>> well, coming up, do you have a dog or th
. >> reporter: with performance and clean emissions which vw touted in commercials. but vw inserted software to shut off the emission controls except during an emission check allowing cars to pollute up to 40% more than allowed making some owners feel guilty and angry. levin is part of one of many class action lawsuits. >> i tried to avoid driving it now as much as i can. i'm not quite sure what i'm going to do with it. i'm not sure who buy it. >> the best advice is to sit...
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>> in their vw. that's a fuel efficient vw because it was one from 19 0, not one of the country ones. anyway, this family drove all the way, 194 days, some 12 border crossings. and then they get 30 miles outside philadelphia and you know what happened? >> what? >> that scooby-doo bus broke down. >> no. >> 30 miles outside their goal and it broke down. they made it eventually. >> we hope they get to see the pope. you know who else is benefiting from the pope's visit? fiat, the black fiat the pope's been riding in. there it is. this is the 500 l. it didn't sell well. it's a two-door 500. apparently people believe it's going to be selling a lot better. they're going to be donating that one to charity. >> i'm sure it will go. >> polka time. pope polka. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ whoa! ♪ >> yeah. whoa! ♪ >> yeah. >>> this morning o >>> this morning on "world news now," pope francis in the big apple. the pontiff is just around the corner here. this is as close as security will allow us to get. some 6,000 extra po
>> in their vw. that's a fuel efficient vw because it was one from 19 0, not one of the country ones. anyway, this family drove all the way, 194 days, some 12 border crossings. and then they get 30 miles outside philadelphia and you know what happened? >> what? >> that scooby-doo bus broke down. >> no. >> 30 miles outside their goal and it broke down. they made it eventually. >> we hope they get to see the pope. you know who else is benefiting from the pope's...
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vw's stock lost as much as 20% after the german automaker admitted it rigged some of its diesel cars to report lower emissions. stocks of other german automakers were dragged down. volkswagen could face criminal penalties here in the u.s. and investigations in europe, as well. while many vw owners feel angry and betrayed. >>> can you believe it, fall starts tomorrow officially. >> wow. >> plenty of football plenty of leaves. >> yes. >> plenty of preparations for oktoberfest and halloween. what would fall be like without the pumpkins? >> absolutely. or ciders. here's a pretty big one. it weighs more than 2,000 pounds. they are calling it the biggest pumpkin on record in north america. >> the wisconsin man who grew it is gene mcmullen and growing that gigantic pumpkin, he'll actually beat his own record last year. his record set tipped off the scales at 1600 pounds blown away by this year's monster. >> what does he do to get it so big? >> all right. >> i don't know. >>> coming up "in the mix" a wannabe bruce wayne creates a real life bat cave. you have to see this one. >>> also ahead,
vw's stock lost as much as 20% after the german automaker admitted it rigged some of its diesel cars to report lower emissions. stocks of other german automakers were dragged down. volkswagen could face criminal penalties here in the u.s. and investigations in europe, as well. while many vw owners feel angry and betrayed. >>> can you believe it, fall starts tomorrow officially. >> wow. >> plenty of football plenty of leaves. >> yes. >> plenty of preparations for...
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volkswagen told dealers to stop selling several vw and audi models. the environmental protection agency last friday accuses them of installing software that allowed the cars to cheat emissions tests. >> okay. >>> so the emmy awards honoring the best tv has to offer are over for another year. and i don't really see our -- where is our statuette? where is it? >> we did win something, didn't we? >> something. got to be. >> best late night show? >> with all the competition we have. it was a historic emmy night with hbo's "game of thrones" winning four times including best drama. >> and when you add in its eight wins at the creative artists emmys, that's the most wins ever for a single show. hbo's "veep" won for best comedy. also winning in their categories jon hamm won best actor for playing don draper in "mad men." his eighth nomination for the show. "daily show" won for best variety talk show. jon stewart telling everyone in the tv business to cling to it as long as possible. >> i have been off of television for six weeks, seven weeks. this is the first
volkswagen told dealers to stop selling several vw and audi models. the environmental protection agency last friday accuses them of installing software that allowed the cars to cheat emissions tests. >> okay. >>> so the emmy awards honoring the best tv has to offer are over for another year. and i don't really see our -- where is our statuette? where is it? >> we did win something, didn't we? >> something. got to be. >> best late night show? >> with all...
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vw's board is set to meet tomorrow to consider their next step. >> knew to the two texas football players seen tackling a ref during the game. >> the players assigned to 75 days of aurlt alternative school as punishment. they can't take art in any extracurricular activities. a coach admitsed he urged the boys to attack the official. here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: the two texas high school players who launched this brutal takedown of a referee found out in january, they'll be allowed to return to their school. >> i'm ready to accept any punishment coming towards me. >> reporter: victor rojas and michael moreno claimed they tackled that referee on orders from assistant coach mack breed, and now their own principal says that's exactly what happened. in a statement first obtained by espn, principal robert harris writes, "coach breed told me that he directed the students to make the referee pay for his racial comments and calls." now, those players tell us, they feel betrayed by a school district they say waited nearly three weeks to back them up. >> it was really shocking to know
vw's board is set to meet tomorrow to consider their next step. >> knew to the two texas football players seen tackling a ref during the game. >> the players assigned to 75 days of aurlt alternative school as punishment. they can't take art in any extracurricular activities. a coach admitsed he urged the boys to attack the official. here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: the two texas high school players who launched this brutal takedown of a referee found out in january,...
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another report claims a vw technician raised concerns about illegal practices. and that was back in 2011. well, this should be a big week for tesla motors because tomorrow it will start to delivering its electric suv. the so-called model x is one of the most highly anticipated vehicles to be launched in years. it features standard all wheel drive and two electric motors. if you want to order one, the model x is sold out until late next year. >>> so the jordan spieth is back to being the world's number one golfer. it's another number though that's getting a lot of attention. first of all, he basically put on a clinic yesterday winning by four strokes. it was his fifth win of the season. raised his wings to just over $12 million. that's a pga record. spieth also received a $10 million bonus so if you're counting out there, you're a math whiz like myself, that's $22 million. by the way, can you guess how old he is? just 22. >> and is he single then? >> actually, i don't think that he is. >> oh. that's too bad. >> we'll investigate. >> a lot of people want to jump o
another report claims a vw technician raised concerns about illegal practices. and that was back in 2011. well, this should be a big week for tesla motors because tomorrow it will start to delivering its electric suv. the so-called model x is one of the most highly anticipated vehicles to be launched in years. it features standard all wheel drive and two electric motors. if you want to order one, the model x is sold out until late next year. >>> so the jordan spieth is back to being...